اعداد 12

۱ 1 و مریم و هارون درباره زن حبشی که موسی گرفته بود، بر او شکایت آوردند، زیرا زن حبشی گرفته بود.

[Moses’/My older sister] Miriam and [his/my older brother] Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us [RHQ]? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” [They told people that] they were saying that because Moses/I had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people-group, [but they were really saying that because they (were jealous/did not want Moses/me to be the only leader of the Israeli people)]. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.

۲ 2 و گفتند: «آیا خداوندبا موسی به تنهایی تکلم نموده است، مگر به ما نیزتکلم ننموده؟» و خداوند این را شنید.

۳ 3 و موسی مرد بسیار حلیم بود، بیشتر از جمیع مردمانی که در روی زمینند.

[The truth was that] Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth [and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader].

۴ 4 در ساعت خداوند به موسی و هارون و مریم گفت: «شما هر سه نزد خیمه اجتماع بیرون آیید.» و هر سه بیرون آمدند.

So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the Sacred Tent.” So they/we did that.

۵ 5 و خداوند در ستون ابرنازل شده، به در خیمه ایستاد، و هارون و مریم راخوانده، ایشان هر دو بیرون آمدند.

Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud [that resembled a huge white] pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.

۶ 6 و او گفت: «الان سخنان مرا بشنوید: اگر در میان شما نبی‌ای باشد، من که یهوه هستم، خود را در رویا بر اوظاهر می‌کنم و در خواب به او سخن می‌گویم.

Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I [usually] reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.

۷ 7 اما بنده من موسی چنین نیست. او در تمامی خانه من امین است.

But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].

۸ 8 با وی روبرو و آشکارا و نه در رمزها سخن می‌گویم، و شبیه خداوند رامعاینه می‌بیند، پس چرا نترسیدید که بر بنده من موسی شکایت آوردید؟»

So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him (clearly/using words that he will understand easily), not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!”

۹ 9 و غضب خداوند برایشان افروخته شده، برفت.

Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.

۱۰ 10 و چون ابر از روی خیمه برخاست، اینک مریم مثل برف مبروص بود، و هارون بر مریم نگاه کرد و اینک مبروص بود.

When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was [as white] as snow, because she now had leprosy.

۱۱ 11 و هارون به موسی گفت: «وای‌ای آقایم بار این گناه را بر ما مگذار زیرا که حماقت کرده، گناه ورزیده‌ایم.

Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.

۱۲ 12 و او مثل میته‌ای نباشد که چون از رحم مادرش بیرون آید، نصف بدنش پوسیده باشد.»

Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”

۱۳ 13 پس موسی نزد خداوند استغاثه کرده، گفت: «ای خدا او را شفا بده!»

So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”

۱۴ 14 خداوند به موسی گفت: «اگر پدرش به روی وی فقط آب دهان می‌انداخت، آیا هفت روز خجل نمی شد؟ پس هفت روز بیرون لشکرگاه محبوس بشود، وبعد از آن داخل شود.»

But Yahweh replied, “If her father had [rebuked her for doing something wrong by] spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. [She should be ashamed because of what she has done]. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then [she will not have leprosy any more, and] she may return to the camp.”

۱۵ 15 پس مریم هفت روزبیرون لشکرگاه محبوس ماند، و تا داخل شدن مریم، قوم کوچ نکردند.

So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.

۱۶ 16 و بعد از آن، قوم از حضیروت کوچ کرده، در صحرای فاران اردو زدند.

But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.